The leech homeobox gene Lox4 may determine segmental differentiation of identified neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 5551-5559

  Wong, Victoria Y ^a   Aisemberg, Gabriel O ^a   Gan, Wen Biao ^a   Macagno, Eduardo R ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

axon; CNS; Hirudo medicinalis; homeodomain; Hox genes; morphology; neuron

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; LEECH; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029160323     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.15-08-05551.1995     Document Type: Article

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